2015 Schedule and Results

All Portland Chess Club and major non-scholastic events in the greater Portland area and throughout Oregon that are currently scheduled are listed here. For the calendar that includes scholastic events, click here.

January

Gresham Open

Quad 45 (US Chess, NWSRS)

PCC Annual Membership Meeting

Tuesday Quads

Game in 60

February

Oregon State Championship (US Chess, FIDE)

Quad 45 (US Chess, NWSRS)

Saturday Blitz

Tuesday Quads

Game in 60

July

Portland Summer Open

Quad 45 (US Chess, NWSRS)

FM Steven Breckenridge Simul

Game in 60

Tuesday Quads

September

GM Timur Gareyev Blindfold Simul

Oregon Open Scholastic (US Chess, NWSRS)

65th Annual Oregon Open (US Chess, FIDE)

Quad 45 (US Chess, NWSRS)

Saturday Blitz

Game in 60

Tuesday Quads

Notes: 1) Casual chess occurs every Wednesday. No casual chess on November 25 or December 30 due to Thanksgiving and winter holidays, respectively. Any other cancellation of the casual chess will be posted on the PCC website. 2) The schedule is always subject to change. 3) The Game in 60 usually takes place on the last Saturday each month. The October and November Game in 60’s are a week earlier to avoid competing with the Oregon and Washington Class Championships, respectively. 4) The Quad 45 and Saturday Blitz usually take place on the third Saturday each month. No Saturday Blitz in July due to the Breckenridge Simul. The November Quad 45 and Saturday Blitz is a week earlier to avoid competing with the Game in 60. 5) The Tuesday Quads usually start on the first Tuesday each month. No Tuesday Quads in October due to the Club Championship. 6) The annual Clark Harmon Memorial Open rotates between Oregon and Washington and is in Oregon this year. 7) All of the above tournaments are sponsored and run by the Portland Chess Club except this year’s Oregon State Championship, Oregon Senior Open, and Oregon Class Championships which are sponsored and run by the Oregon Chess Federation, the Newport June Open which is sponsored and run by H.G. Pitre, Bill Barrese, and the Central Coast Chess Club of Newport, OR., the Oregon Open scholastic side-event which is sponsored and run by the Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation, and the Vancouver Open which is sponsored by the Washington Chess Federation. This year’s Clark Harmon Memorial Open is co-sponsored by contributors to the Clark Harmon Memorial Open fund, and the Oregon Open is co-sponsored and run with the Oregon Chess Federation.